Shingle construction



March 6, 1928; 1,661,562

G. E. CONWAY SHINGLE CONSTRUCTION Filed Nov. 30, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2INVENTOR Patented Mar. 6, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. coNwAY, or cnnssxrnn, NEW JERSEY.

SHINGLE CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed November 30, 1925. Serial No. 72,124. i v

This invention relates to shingled outer wall and roof constructions.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved construction ofthe character described, comprising an inner sheathing or stripsarranged to serve as an anchoring means for securing rows of outershingles for forming a durable, weatherproof, outer wall or roof and toprovide a novel method of constructing same.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved inner sheathingor strips adapted to form an anchoring means for outer shingles whichmay be made of various material such as sheet metal, wood, fibre or thelike, and which may be combined with outer shingles made of variousmaterials, such as metal, fibre, asbestos, asphalts or tar compounds andthe like, to form a shingled outer wall or roof of novel construction.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved shingleconstruction of the character described which may be applied to newstructures and also may be installed over old or worn out shingledsurface without requiring the removal of the old shingles.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an improvedshingled roof construction which may be applied either starting at theeaves and working up to the peak or starting at the peak and workingdown to the eaves, the latter method of application not being usuallypossible with the standard forms of overlapping shingles as is well un-.derstood. The method of working from the peak down to the eaves ishighly desirable as it eliminates the necessity of traversing theportion of the'shingled surface after fink ishing, thus reducing thechance of possible injury to said surface. J

A still further object of the invention is the provision of an improvedsheathing-com:

prising rows of inner shingles or strips adapted to form ananchoring'means for the outer shingles which is simple in form, easy toapply, cheap to manufacture and practical and efiicient to a high degreefor the pur-' pose described. I

'Other objects of this invention will in .part be obvious and in parthereinafter pointed out.

continuation in Certain features herein shown and described are shown,described and, claimed in my Patent No. 1,575,974 granted Mar. 9, 1926,of which the present application is a part. a With the above exceptions,the invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements and arrangements of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter described vational views ofanchoring strips or laths adapted to be used in a roof construction overold shingle surfaces.

, Fig. 13 is a perspective view of a fragmentary portion of a roofshowing shingle construction incorporating the anchoring sheathingsshown inFig. 1. w

Figs. 14 and 15are perspective views of fragmentary portion of, roofsshowing shingle constructions incorporating the anchoring shingles orstrips shown in Fig.8.

Figs. 16'and 17 are perspective views of fragmentary portion of modsshowing the method embodying the invention of using laths in a roofconstruction over oldshingled surfaces. r I

Referring in detail to the drawing, A

denotes inner shingles or strips which may be incorporated in a rooforwall structureby securing them in rows to some supporting frame membersS to form an inner sheath ing embodying the invention for anchoring therows of outer shingles B thereto, as shown in Fig. 13.

The strip A is preferably made of wood,-

fibre or of other suitable composite material and is seen to comprise abody portion 10 and a spacing ledge 11, extending along the under sideof sai portion 10, inwardly from its longitudinal edge or butt 12 forraising the latter, above the supporting frame member S. The ledge 11may be made integral with said body portion or if desired may be formedof a separate member and secured to position in any well understoodmanner.

The inner shingles or strips, A and A,

1 shown in Figs. 2 and 3, respectively, which are modified forms ofstrip A, are each seen to comprise a body portion 20 made of anysuitable sheet material. the strip A having an angle member 21, rivetedor attached in any other well known manner to the underside of theportion 20, and the strip A having its body portion 20 resting on a rod22 of any suitable cross-sectional shape, here shown to be of circular.Said member 21 and rod 22 serve to raise the adjacent edge portions 12of said body portions or butts 20 of strips A and A'-', respectively, asdoes the spacing ledge 11 of strip A.

Likewise stripsA A, A and A", shown in Figs. 4 to 7, inclusive,respectively, each comprise a body portion 30 preferably made of abendable sheet material and provided with folded spacing ledges 33, 34,35 and 36, respectively, which obviously serve the same purpose as doesledge 11 of strip A.

The outer shingle B may be made of any suitable metal or non-metallicsheet material and is formed with a hooked or inturned flange b alongone end thereof for engaging the raised edges or butts 12 of saidanchoring sheathing strips, as shown in Fig.13.

In constructing a new shingled roof, working inthe usual manner, up fromthe eaves to the peak, the lower row of stripsA are mounted in positionand secured to frame member S in any suitable manner as by means ofnails N. The outer shinglesB are then applied over the strips A with thehooked flange b of said shingles engaging the raised edges or butts 12of saidstrips.

A second row of strips A is next mounted to overlap the upper ends ofthe outer shingles with the ledge 11 of said second row of stripspositioned to extend along the up sier edge portion of said row ofshingles B.-

uitable attachment means such as nails N are then driven throughoverlapping ends of the rows of strips A and the upper edge portions ofsaid shingles B for anchoring said ends and portions to the frame memberS. The hook ends of the shingles Bv are thus anchored to the supportingstructure through the engagement of the flanges b with the raised edgesor butts 12 as described above and shown in Fig. 1-3. This rocess isrepeated until the entire surface 1s covered.

'is preferably provided means on the underside of the strips forming theanchoring sheathing for securing the latter to the supporting structureS, said means preferably being made to project from the spacing ledge ofthe strip. Thus, as seen in Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 14, the strips A, A and Aeach comprises a body portion 40 havin angle members 41, 42 and infoldedspacing ledge 43, respectively, each of said members and ledge beingprovided with depending portions 41.

Referring now to Fig. 14, the upper row of strips A with outer shinglesB applied thereto are mounted in position and secured at their upperedge portions in any suitable manner as -by means of nails N The secondrow of strips A with the outer shingles B thereon are then insertedbetween the lower free edge portion of the upper row of said strips andthe supportin r frame member S. Then .the said free e ge portions orbutts are depressed to clamp the second row of strips A and shingles Band suitable securing means, such as nails N, are driven through thedepending portion 41 of the angle member 41 and the frame member S, thusrigidly anchoring lhelower portions of the upper row of strips A andshingles B. Thisprocess is repeated until the entire surface is covered.\Vhere the spacing means on the sheathing strips are formed of anglemembers 41 or 42, the side thereof adjacent the raised edge portion orbutts 12 of the strip A or A may be made with a depending gripping edge41 for biting .into the underlying outer shingle B. See Figs. 8, 9 and14.

The angle member 42 of the inner shingle or strip A shown on Fig. 9,instead of being riveted to the body portion 40, as it is on the stripA, has the depending portion 41 and gripping edge 41" of said member 42projecting through the body portion 40, thereby facilitating theconstructing operations as is readily understood.

In Fig. 15 is shown a construction utilizing an outer shingle B having ahooked flange 1) extending along one edge thereof and a projecting ledgea on the apposite end, a shingle similar to shingle B being fullydescribed in m aforementioned patent. Here the projecting ledge 1 may beproportioned to fit between the depending portion 41 and gripping edge41 of the angle member 42 to interlock therewith and to form a highlyefficient anchora e for the upper ed e portion of the shing e.

For applying shingles B over worn out shingled surface, the constructionshown in either Fig. 16 or 17 may be used, the old shingles C being madeto serve asinner shingles or strip. New shingles B are here shownapplied over the rows of old shingles C with anchoring shingles or lathsA". placed over the edge portion of each row of shingles G and securedby any suitable means as nails N. Said anchoring laths have each' lathsA.

The construction shown in Fig. 17 may be used where the material of an,old shingled surface is sound. Here, the new or outer shingles B areapplied over the lower row of old shingles C and a spacing lath A isinserted under each row of old shingles C inwardly from the lower edgethereof to .bear against the upper edge portion of each row of newshingles B for raising the lower portion or butt 11 of each old shingleand for securing the upper portions of the outer shingles B. The rows ofshingles B are then anchored in position by suitable means, such asnails N driven through the butt ends of each row of old shingles C 4 thelath A, the upper end portion of shingles B, the middle portion of eachrow of old shingles C and the frame member S. The raised edge portion 11of each row of shingles C is now available for engaging with the hookedflanges b of a row of outer shingles B applied thereon. This process iscontinued until the entire surface is covered.

In Fig; 13 there are shown two means for securing the inner strips A andouter shingles to the frame member S, one method using the nails N, N asdescribed above, said latter method being preferably used when the roof.is constructed in the usual manner, working from theeaves up to thepeak.When working from the peak down to the eaves, it is best to providesecuring means that can be applied from the'under side of the. sheathingsurface. To this end, there is provided staple fasteners F which may beinserted to tie the lower end portion of the overlapp'ingstrips A totheframe member S. In this latter method the inner end d of the outershingles B may be bent down over the side of the frame member S andanchored thereto by means of said fastener F.

It is also apparent from the above description and Fig. 13 that repairs'requiring the fastening down of the sheathing or outer shingle cangenerally be made from the under side of the roof by using staplefasteners F or the like devices. h It is to be understood that othermethods of applying the strips and outer shingles may be: varied to suitany requirement of construction. Thus in building a new shingled roof orwall embodying the invention all the. strips A may first be secured tothe frame members S in overlapping rows to form a complete anchoringsheathing and then the outer shingle B applied over each of the rowsofstrips A and secured in place as described I above.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a construction in which theseveral objects of this invention are achieved and whlch 1s welladaptedto meet the conditions of practical use.

. As various possible embodiments might bemade of the above inventionand as various changes might be made inthe embodiment above set forth,it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in theaccompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in alimiting sense.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A strip. or inner shingle comprising a body portion and meansupstanding from due side of said portion inwardly from a butt edgethereof for spacing the portion adjacent said edge from a supportingstructure to form an anchorage for outer superimposed shingles.

2. A strip or inner shingle comprising a body portion and spacing meansupstanding from andextending along the under side of said portioninwardly from an edge thereof, the portion adjacent said edge beingadapted toengage with a hook flange of an outer shingle for anchoringthe latter thereto.

3. In a shingle construction, a plurality of rows of inner shingles,means for fixedly.

securing one end of each row of said shingles and spacing means forraising the opposite or butt ends of said rows whereby said ends serveto anchor rowsof outer'shingles.

4. In a shingle construction. the combinatidn of a plurality of rows ofinner shingles, means projecting from the underside of each of said rowsfor raising one edge or butt portion thereof, and rows of outer shinglesextending over said rows of inner shinges and engaging with said raisededge portions for anchoring the outer to the inner-shingles.

5. In combination, a roof structure, laths having an oflstanding portionsecured to the surface of said structure, and rows of outer shinglesanchored to the ofi'standing por- (ions of said lathsand covering saidsurface.

6. A shingle construction comprising overlapping rows of shingles, lathsfastened adjacent the overlapping portions of shingles,-

ber, superimposed rows of o verlap'ping' inner.

and outer shingles in overlapping rows working from the peak down to theeaves of said roof, and fastening the inner shingles to re- 10 tain theouter shingles in position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GEORGE E. CONWAY.

